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US States — Patent Rankings 2017

All 50 states and territories ranked by total patent count

Rank State Patents ↓ Inventors ↕ Cities ↕ Per 1k pop. ↕
1 California 135,034 60,394 723 3.4
2 Texas 29,297 15,389 534 1.0
3 New York 28,835 12,278 833 1.4
#4 Washington 25,825 12,901 243 3.4
#5 Massachusetts 25,017 13,044 375 3.6
#6 Michigan 19,637 9,630 486 1.9
#7 Illinois 15,589 8,424 544 1.2
#8 Minnesota 14,367 7,066 375 2.5
#9 New Jersey 13,899 7,092 503 1.5
#10 Pennsylvania 13,416 7,529 703 1.0
#11 Ohio 12,623 7,013 529 1.1
#12 Florida 11,676 6,592 340 0.5
#13 North Carolina 11,290 5,755 308 1.1
#14 Oregon 10,606 4,319 139 2.5
#15 Colorado 8,966 5,006 158 1.6
#16 Arizona 8,038 3,883 79 1.1
#17 Wisconsin 7,615 4,437 376 1.3
#18 Georgia 7,353 4,055 230 0.7
#19 Connecticut 7,306 3,711 212 2.0
#20 Indiana 6,673 3,552 320 1.0
#21 Virginia 6,100 3,454 263 0.7
#22 Maryland 5,632 3,610 233 0.9
#23 Utah 4,558 2,538 137 1.4
#24 Missouri 3,583 2,250 237 0.6
#25 Tennessee 3,241 1,989 196 0.5
#26 South Carolina 3,168 1,719 153 0.6
#27 New Hampshire 3,046 1,614 174 2.2
#28 Iowa 2,999 1,748 287 0.9
#29 Kansas 2,174 1,194 140 0.7
#30 Kentucky 1,988 1,194 152 0.4
#31 Nevada 1,934 1,056 29 0.6
#32 Idaho 1,795 925 78 1.0
#33 Oklahoma 1,614 964 115 0.4
#34 New Mexico 1,484 919 53 0.7
#35 Vermont 1,372 583 85 2.1
#36 Alabama 1,328 865 137 0.3
#37 Rhode Island 1,101 604 52 1.0
#38 Delaware 1,099 672 31 1.1
#39 Louisiana 1,006 697 109 0.2
#40 Nebraska 890 552 80 0.5
#41 Maine 747 445 124 0.6
#42 Arkansas 737 485 87 0.2
#43 District of Columbia 494 308 1 0.7
#44 Mississippi 450 305 70 0.1
#45 Montana 447 282 52 0.4
#46 Hawaii 358 197 37 0.2
#47 West Virginia 340 235 68 0.2
#48 South Dakota 333 228 60 0.4
#49 North Dakota 316 195 45 0.4
#50 Wyoming 305 161 30 0.5
#51 Puerto Rico 92 66 23 0.0
#52 Alaska 91 77 16 0.1
#53 Guam 14 1 1 —
#54 Virgin Islands 11 8 3 —

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